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Ask HN: Safe?

5 pointsby ezalover 7 years ago
Everyday a new data breach is reported. Is our personal information safe online?

2 comments

Top19over 7 years ago
Probably not. A quick thing you can do is start using a password manager and opt-out of ads and tracking on Facebook and Google. Beyond that? Look into Michael Bazall’s (sp?) books on privacy.<p>Look for yourself though: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pipl.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pipl.com</a><p>There was a book a few years ago called “Brave New War”. Can’t remember the author’s name, but he basically argued that it’s now possible to run your own semi-competent intelligence agency off of simply internet data. Once this becomes more widely known, that data, combined with with a desire for vengeance, could lead to lots of blackmail, retribution, and general harassment.<p>The other day I found someone’s Facebook profile and he posted everything. Where his kids went to school, where his wife worked.<p>I kind of think society is like it was with airplanes up until the 1970’s, which was called the “golden age of hijacking”. Before that sure everyone knew technically you could hijack a plane, but no one worried about it because it hadn’t been done yet seriously or frequently. The time will come.
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aaronaarzelbartover 7 years ago
No.<p>The even is completely insecure, in ways not yet discovered.